New bike day
This new Fitz Porcorosso is an update to my 2019 Fitz Supermoto. Both are custom drop bar, rim brake, go anywhere (carefully) bikes. Big tires, big dropper post. The main update with the new bike is “make it bikepacking” with zits galore on the forks and frame.
I want to keep the Supermoto at our Grass Valley glampsite, since that bike can go anywhere I want to go, has lights, and the dedicated basket rack can carry groceries home.
The new Porcorosso doesn’t need to do everything, since it slots in between the Frances and Quickbeam (baskets and lights) and the Stooge Scrambler. Out of the gate it has 48mm knibblies and no light or racks.
I had collected some inspiring parts, which is always dangerous. I wanted to try brifters for the first time, so I got some eBay 10sp SRAM shifters and the Ratio 12sp kit. I got good bargains on a closeout Onyx hubset, shiny XTR skewers and cranks. I also got on the list for the new silver PNW dropper, and it seemed churlish to not buy one.
I wanted this bike to be fancier than the utilitarian Supermoto. Raked fork blades, shiny details, and a new Fitz thing, a curved top tube.
Fitz “Porco Rosso” is named for the Miyazaki movie and inspired by the Savoia S.21 seaplane
